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THE LATEST NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS AT CANTON, THE WARSHIPS DAMAGED,
LIKE A SCENE PROM - THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE,”
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT,
THE CAPTURE OF THE QUEUNG.
CHOW FORTS.
"THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,
inore or less and the Wing Fung had two GREAT WATERWORKS hales in her port-side, one forward and
SCHEMES IN PROSPECT. one amidships. After dropping änebor, Red Cross motor-launches put off and took the casualties ashore.
It is reported that the Standard Oil Co.'s works on the Honom Hack Reach were hit during the firing
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WATER FROM TAIMOSHAN
MOUNTAIN...
WEDNESDAY, JULY 12TH, 1922.
at the first gosible memant. It is bound to be slow business since only a limited number of people can work at the faca of a tunnel, and obtaining additional faces by sinking intervening shafts would greatly add to the cost of the work.
PROVIDING FOR IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
An extension
THE FRGENCY OF THE NEED, ' What was the dhject of the warships in la leading article, recently, on the coming to Canton nobody knows just yet water shortage, the Daily Press suggested The proposals now before the Gerard- SexDr, July 9th.
it is apparent that they were keen to get that, a I left the Kowloon-Canton Railway through, and were also regarded as hostile mild be found by looking ahead and necessitías,
solution of present difficulties ment also provide for more immediate Station at 20 p.m.. going wrat-by the Canton furees. The treatment theydeauing the principal supplies for the pass the lawyers say--with the large It is proposed that pari wards and when, at Tung Kuan I dis-revived a role must have capsed them whole Colony from the mainland, and tinctly heard the boon of guns from a to slechte from their origina! plars, But from the hinterland of the Peninsula made at Kowloon Reservoir and addi- whetne just outlined, extensions shall be distancy. At the time. I could neither ser gards, the actual lighting, either than front areas which may, within tional catchment areak brought into ser- or and out the cause. Subsequently, side seemed to take it very seriously, a remury, he required for business" vice on the island of Hongkong. So great learnt that fighting had taken place at the gentleman who witnessed the firingidential purposes." the Cheung Chow Forts near Whampoa. with me remarked, " To one who has gone gleaned information as to proposals now demand upon the water supplies that, if We have now is the increase in population and the What has happened luring the last two through the Great War these operations unter consideration by the Government extrusions of existing undertakings wora daya iy-
retninded him very nach at Gilbert & for vastly increasing the water supplies of not put in hand, the demand would Sullivan's famous voie opera The Colony and, whether they are adopted greatly exceed the supply long before the Pirates of Penzance,
in their entirety or not, they undoubtedly Taimoshan scheme was completed.. If the The boom of guns sent the city into a show that the Government's advisers are big scheme is put in hand, however, the On the 5th "Wan Shu Tak who had state of panis. Boors were immediately quite ready to take long views and to cos.extensions of existing works can be fram captured the Navy for Ir. Sunsome closed, street gates barred and the streets sider the requirements, not of a decade ored or relatively less expensive lines. It time, before the trouble, and the three soon dearted. The sampan river ferries even a generation but of, many years to is proposed to provide an additional larger cruisers Hai KT, Hal Sum and. | Were cleared away from their landing come.
reservoir at Kowloon, as it will be pos Sie Wes had formally "declared their | stages by soldiers who, were quickly, post. The chief proposal, before' the Govern. sible to construct one to contain 100 mil. neutrality, the man-of-war going to d on guard on every lading place osment does the very thing we suggesteil; it lion gallons or thereabouts, at a com anchorage at in Far San. Sun in both sides of the river. On my way back taps the hinterinnd of the Peninsula in aparatively moderate cost. mediately unstered the cruiser Wing to the Hotel I met a few hundred soldiers way that would put a very considerable of the catchment area will also be made Fany and the tuboats Po Pik and on the Bund and on inquiry found that supply of water at the disposal of the there. Krung Ful and these anchored beneath they were being sent to Wong Shn.
There is a great exodus of people from the idea; the scheme has been in prepara-be added to the catchment area of the
Colohy. Not that we take any credit for the shelter of the Cheung Chow Forta
On the Island, another 2,000 acres enti Chong King Tong with troops, Set-
the city. All the departing steamers are on, in the Public Works Department for Titan-Wongneichong chain of reser- plans and patrol launches had and inst, Soldiers are on the move and pared by the Executive Enginer of the tity of water that would find its way to full. There is ach activity on river a very long time. Plans have been prevoirs. Some idea of the additional quan ordered by Ip Kue to attack the Fortsammunition is being transported in motor Waterworks, Mr. B. M. Henderson, for the reservoir may be gathered, from the as they starded the approaches to Whanaunches, Foreigners think Dr. Sun will collecting water for both Hongkong and fact that one inch of rain over such an poo. At pan on the tth operations plan a door-li attack on Canton and Kowloon from Tainoshan Mountain. The area would represent about 60 million commenced from the Yu Chu Forts ami it is reported that the Torpedo Depute trouble is pending. There has been southern slopes have len weeted as the gallons, and any springs or streams with- nas destroyed. The firing was vigormusly more pressing of pedestrians into service catchment area and the large stream in the area would be nilditional. Accord.
as olies by the pilitary.
which at present finds its way to the sea ing to the report of the Committee which at Shatin will impounded. Thisntly considered the feasibility of ex- strong has an average dry weather flow trading, the water carriage system, the of over one and a half million gallons a day. In the Shing Mun valley two re servoirs, each with a capacity of about A portion of the catchment area slopes away from the reservoir but by means of a catchwater this gathering ground, and the product of another fair sized stream, will be added to the scheme.
replies to by the pro-Sun fores at Cheung" how Forts, and the engagement
MONDAY XIGHT
Lasted twenty minutes with aunerous. Sun Yat Sen is still on the cruiser eastal on both wishes By q.m. the |||"bg"“Fang, which is thow lying off Forts we subjugated, but Dr. Sun's Shame whereabouts are not known, it being sur mised that he had previously gone to AMMUNITION DEPOT AT WHAMPOA 1000 million gallons, will be constructed.7 millions to 10 millions a day. The
Hongkong in disguise with the object of going north.
Prior to the news rea-ding Carton there. had hwn a feling of uiwasiness all over the city. More shops were closing and
-DESTROYED.
A HOT FIGHT "MOMENTARILY ·
EXPECTED,
on Sunday, when the bombardment from A foreign resident who wakat Whanipor
people wew harrying in all directions › removing property. After symmet, tha landing party from Cheungchow island streeks were very quiet, the East Tund commenced on the warships, writes in a and Old City being almost deserted. private letter that the bombardment was There is general apprehension that the heavy and the vessels replied up to 3 pm. unruly lents will endeavour to stir up when trouble,on a large scale. Every precau tion against, fire and loating has been
thkeit.
enlarged when required by extending The catchment area can be still further catchwaters to include other slopes of the mountain. Enormous volumes of water would thus be drawn upon.
SUBMERGEI MAIN UNDER THE HARBOUR.
clusion of this 2,600 acres would in- erease the supply at Taitan (without fur. her reservoirs) from its present figure Kowloon Works," this report states, will reduce 17 million gallons a day in the driest recorded year and can be considers cost. The present supply is about 1.7 ably extended at a comparatively small
ESTIMATES OF FUTURE REQUIRE- million gallons a day. ***
MENTS.
These figures give the clue to the need for extension of the Colony's water sup naturally the light stopped" The writer, hrav squall came up and
plies. The percentage of increase in con- ways: The last shell from the invaders
sumptio in Hongkong iá 1921, compared set fire to the ammunition depes and would be brought down by conduit, and Kowloon 68 per cent. But a considerable From the two great reservoirs water with 1912 was over 12 per cent, and in That serious developments were not un-mines, and shells and rompedors went ip some parts by tuunel, to a point very last three years of the prind. sexpected is evident, from, the erection of af after the other. We then lett the near the existing Kowlson Blter leda
proportion of this increase accrued in the sand-bag fortifications and the meantingseer and stood off in Fiddlers Reach to Supplies would be taken off for Kowloon Years, to 1 are taken, the percen of machine-guns unside the principal watch developments, When the weather waterworks when that supply needed re-ne per cent, and for Kowloon If the Ynaress in the Old City. These were mast cleared the light starter again at lasted pluyigament, and the remainder would early at per cent. If the Pate of increase tage incase of consumption for Hong- conspicuous in the streets where fighting up to six o'clock. This morning (onbrughe by bran, mas to the harbour of consumption of those three years con took place when Ip Koe's soldiers offerted day? the warships came up the river as frontage, at Kes loon Point. The scheme time, the daily consumption in 1924 the rony on the night of June Nith.
As cahird, the capture of the Cheung Meas Fort and supported, a
seren o'erk, and started shelling the proposes to bring the water across the would be: in Hongkong, over 10 million Chow forts was announced in a proclama-landing party just below Tai Shuk Tao. supply at good pressure can then be made gallous or an aggregate annual incradar strong harbour by a submerged main and agallons; and in Kowlon, nearly 2 million tion by General Ip Kun; it exhorts the The vessels are at present anchored off to the lowest districts of the City of of nearly 250 million gallons per annum. people to be calm as ample protection Shameen and a hot fight is expected Victoria. It will be readily understood would be nerorded to the public.
The news that Dr, San had left Wham; 5,000 men and half way through Ions with laying a main" beneath the harbour, tion is not checked is expreted to be, mentarily as the landing furer of some that there are difficult problems connected kong in 1924 if the increase of consump I other words, the demand of Hong- pou gradually spread over the city and sand and Chen's man are stationed at everybody that I spoke to was glad that Wong ha, just above Shamech. The bos journal gave an account of damage done galluns a day that the greent Committre repent number of an engineering pren "then, in excess of the 10 milliaa cne party had been removed. The prople pitals are already full of wounded, and to such a pipe beneath New York Harbour said the Island waterworks would provide are how looking forward to a clearing pintshads are being heilt to aceofumodate by the operations of of the situation,
luor The city is deserted and heavyant questions as to the length of life and were all in full operation.
dredger. Import if the 2,000 acres of additional catchments ed to ride with Dr. Sun, but a to theuns are inning in the distance, Sun's replacement cost of such a pipe will also necessity for the Shing Mun Valley scheme
troops are at the north of the city and have to be considered.
Honce the
The Labour fiuilds had been approach.
present they have not done anything helieve are trying to emmet with the material. General Ip Kue has announced form troops.” to them that any interference in politic will be severely punished-
MONDAY'S ENGAGEMENT WITH -
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WHERE IS SUN YAT SEN?
TUNNELING THROUGH HILLS.
am for the pipe line across the harbour
As for Kowloon, the 2 million gallons) a day which the district is estimated to A scheme of the magnitude of the one need if 1924 will not be fully met by the here briefly butlined will of course take extensions proposed, and Kowloon, also, Our correspondent at Canton has learnt years to complete. Some portions of the will draw largely upon the Shing Mun from an authentic source that Dr. Sunrations are likely to be more difficult Scheme for supplies, as soon as they are Yat Sen is still on the cruiser Wing Fungtim Tunneling through intervening the meantime, some reduction in the The feeling of easiness resulting from which is now lying of Shamer, Fronhitis, when the water conduit is being
than others and to take a considerable available. If insters are trailured an the news that Dr. Hun had left Whamposter sure we learn as a fict," that constructed will be a very arduous, busi- was dispelled early this morning, Short-he is in the city, and this informantes. But, since the course of the channel ly after 7.1.m. the bound of gun was heated adds: lien he will be in full con will be known, the tunneling can be begun distinctly in all parts of the city, the trok in a few days. It seems the iner-
THE MACAO FORTS.
Monday, Noon.
firing being much more audible than any other occasion except the bombardment. Having ascertained that the fighting was taking plane somewhere near the Hom Back Rench. I at once prôcreded, to Honan and weut to a paint of near the south beach of Honam island.
The cruiser Bing Fang, gunboats Po Pik, Krong Tut and Kwong Kum and 1 torpedo-bont left Whampoa at 6.30 am. to get to Canton. It is surmised that
they were under the personal direction
andalus they have lost confidence in Chen thants are supporting him on the quiet!) Waichow, while Sun risks everything in, Chiung Ming who prefers to stay away at as he considers, a' just cause.”
BRITISH SHIP FIRED AT. EXCITING INCIDENT AT WHAMPOA.
(Continued on, next column)
danger was over the pilot and the sailors resumed their respective duties on the Versei.
demand may result, but too much must not be expected on this accous ds the extraordinarily rapid development of thi Colony makes much of the imreased
deband inevitable.
of delays but ultimately the Colony may It is too early yet to-give-any estimate of the chat of the schemes propoñe i The sum is bound to run into many millions expect to have the ample water supplies taining the water service to the Part. necessary for public use and for main-
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On her return journey to Hongkong the same evening, with 300 passengers ou board, the .. Uni Sang had a nasty reception in passing Whampion. The vrssel was "just passing through the Collinson Reach and was just opposite of Cham Chak, Dr. Sun's right hand man The 9.8. Bui Saag, a river steamier on in the Nass Approaching the Macao the regular ran between Hongkong and Fortunately the shell fell short and ex-
one of the forts, when she was fired at THE Forts at 7 am, in line with the torpedo Canton, bad two very unpleasant experi: ploded some yards away from the vessel. At leading, they were challenged by cases on Monday in her voyage to and The shock of the explosion shook the foi the Furts, Not getting a reply the Forts Itom Canton. On the way to Canton, from stem to stern. If the shell" Opened fire on the men-of-war and the whilst passing the Macdo Forts at about said Capt. Woollacott, in an interview. Po Pik replied Ultimately all the ships 10 a.m., nuners of troops were observed ad continued its journey we should fired at the forts, keeping under weigh on both banks of the river engaged in have been struck amidships. This would but not putting on any speed as though saiping with rifles and the firing of have been diszatrons. The vessel in i to run the guastlet. Firing continued machine guna. Bullets were passing dan-wooden one and it is quite likely that till a am: shen the warships got beyond gerously near the bow of the vessel; so we should have been a total loss. Capt. range of the forts. They proceeded up near, in fact, that the whizzing of the Woollacott at orice gave orders, to stop stream and anchored off Shameen in the bullets could be heard on board. The the vessel and hoisted a large British Bak Ngo Tam on the Wong Shia side, soldiers on the starboard bank of the sign at the foremast and replaced the The oruiser Wing Tseung and torpedo river, rolled out a warning to the No. 1 one at the stern by a larger one." boat Tung On, which had been at anchor pilot on the Hot Song, which he in turn not understand why they should fire at herd. for some time past, took no part in interpreted to the skipper (Capt. J. H. us. We could see them quite clearly on the operations. After anchoring the ship Woollacott) as follows: The soldiers shore standing by their gun, so that they signalled various stations on shore in any more better you go back." The could see us and could easily tell that wo Chinese code. It is believed that they Captain replied with the words: This were a British ship. We were less than have come to an understanding with the ship is going through to Canton. I do mile from shore, Cantonese forces. Early in the, morning not take orders from Chinese soldiers clac for them to fire at; so it must have There was nothing the British gunboats Moth and Tarantula Captain Woollacott then gave the order been at us. The only other vessel in sight cleared for action and battle stations was for full steam ahead. A panic follow was the as. Fatahan which was about sounded. There is no apparent.danger toed on the vessel in which one of the mates three miles ahead. The shot was intend Shameen.
and the No. 1, pilot left the bridge, joined for us, as the gunners could be scen The shooting of the men of war wased the passengers below, where all sorts standing by the gun watching the Hect Livery inaccurate; they showed no fire of peculiar positions were chosen as of the shot. No more shots were fined organisation of any description. The shelters from the fusilade. Capt. Wolla and I proceeded at full steam ahead." Macao Forts were not so erratic; they cott alone remained on the bridge, and Buffered very little appreciable damage with the aid of a quarter-master in the and they managed to hit the ships time wheel-house brought the vessel through and again, but the ammunition seemed the danger zone unscathed. Directly all ineffective. All the ships suffered damage (Continued at foot of next column,)
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cot reported the incident to the Harbour Early yesterday morning Capt: Woolla Master (Com. C. W. Beckwith) who after hearing the story said the incident would be reported to the Government.
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